CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF MARYLAND

	PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968	CONSTITUTION OF 1867
		payment of any further sum that sub-
		sequently may be awarded by a jury. This
		section 40A shall not apply in Montgomery
		County or any of the various municipal
		corporations within Cecil County, if the
		property actually to be taken includes a
		building or buildings.
		Art. III, sec. 40B. The General As-
		sembly shall enact no law authorizing
		private property to be taken for public use
		without just compensation, to be agreed
		upon between the parties or awarded by a
		jury, being first paid or tendered to the
		party entitled to such compensation, except
		that where such property in the judgment
		of the State Roads Commission is needed by
		the State for highway purposes, the General
		Assembly may provide that such prcperty
		may be taken immediately upon payment
		therefor to the owner or owners thereof
		by said State Roads Commission, or into
		Court, such amount as said State Roads
		Commission shall estimate to be of the fair
		value of said property, provided such legis-
		lation also requires the payment of any
		further sum that may subsequently be
		awarded by a jury.
		Art. III, sec. 40C. The General As-
		sembly shall enact no law authorizing
		private property to be taken for public use
		without just compensation, to be agreed
		upon between the parties or awarded by a
		jury, being first paid or tendered to the
		party entitled to such compensation, except
		that where such property, located in Prince
		George's County in this State, is in the
		judgment of the Washington Suburban
		Sanitary Commission needed for water
		supply, sewerage and drainage systems to
		be extended or constructed by the said
		Commission, the General Assembly may
		provide that such property, except any
		building or buildings may be taken im-
		mediately upon payment therefor by the
		condemning authority to the owner or
		owners thereof or into the Court to the use
		of the person or persons entitled thereto,
		such amount as the condemning authority
		shall estimate to be the fair value of said
		property, provided such legislation requires
		that the condemning authority's estimate
		be not less than the appraised value of
		the property being taken as evaluated by at
		least one qualified appraiser, whose qualifi-
		cations have been accepted by a Court of
		Record of this State, and also requires the
		payment of any further sum that may
		subsequently be awarded by a jury, and

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